The Oath of Brutus

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The Oath of Brutus

France, circa 1771
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 25 7/8 × 31 5/8 in. (65.72 × 80.33 cm) Frame: 30 × 36 × 2 in. (76.2 × 91.44 × 5.08 cm)
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2000.179.18)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Barnett Hollander, London, in 1970. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924-2015), London, by 1973, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

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